PSLF employer data report — November 2026 (MVP)

Name: PSLFCheck PSLF employer index by state (Nov 2026)
Creator: AK Digital Marketing LLC
Published: 2026-11-05
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Key numbers: Our index holds 82,568 larger IRS-listed tax-exempt organizations (revenue $1M+) across 50 states and DC; 63,958 (77%) are 501(c)(3) — the nonprofit type that qualifies as a PSLF employer. The top states are California (8,661), New York (6,497) and Texas (4,497).

Report date: November 5, 2026 · Data: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File extract · Method: count of organizations in the PSLFCheck search index by state; "Employer pages" = organizations in our 5,000 published employer pages. Government employers (also PSLF-qualifying) are not in IRS nonprofit data and are excluded. Not an ED eligibility determination.

#	State	Orgs in index	501(c)(3)	% (c)(3)	Employer pages
1	California	8,661	6,743	77%	528
2	New York	6,497	5,232	80%	503
3	Texas	4,497	3,367	74%	264
4	Pennsylvania	4,094	3,301	80%	284
5	Florida	3,832	3,155	82%	242
6	Illinois	3,391	2,394	70%	221
7	Ohio	3,359	2,531	75%	161
8	Massachusetts	2,582	2,083	80%	206
9	Michigan	2,378	1,740	73%	158
10	North Carolina	2,364	1,970	83%	105
11	Virginia	2,320	1,652	71%	121
12	New Jersey	2,162	1,686	77%	95
13	Minnesota	2,030	1,582	77%	121
14	Washington	1,915	1,392	72%	103
15	Georgia	1,903	1,527	80%	141
16	Indiana	1,816	1,302	71%	105
17	Missouri	1,779	1,347	75%	150
18	Maryland	1,755	1,380	78%	126
19	Colorado	1,733	1,381	79%	66
20	District of Columbia	1,645	1,067	64%	78
21	Wisconsin	1,588	1,279	80%	105
22	Tennessee	1,491	1,156	77%	90
23	Arizona	1,381	1,164	84%	108
24	Oregon	1,268	1,005	79%	69
25	Connecticut	1,238	975	78%	77
26	Iowa	1,038	747	71%	46
27	South Carolina	1,005	832	82%	60
28	Kentucky	973	723	74%	78
29	Alabama	969	692	71%	34
30	Louisiana	942	738	78%	42
31	Kansas	810	621	76%	33
32	Oklahoma	806	627	77%	40
33	Arkansas	598	500	83%	36
34	Nebraska	597	462	77%	35
35	Mississippi	591	374	63%	35
36	Utah	582	460	79%	24
37	Maine	529	460	86%	31
38	West Virginia	525	440	83%	34
39	New Mexico	517	406	78%	11
40	Montana	476	366	76%	19
41	Nevada	438	323	73%	17
42	Hawaii	429	311	72%	19
43	New Hampshire	417	372	89%	35
44	Rhode Island	406	325	80%	31
45	Vermont	375	338	90%	23
46	North Dakota	365	267	73%	16
47	Idaho	362	283	78%	17
48	South Dakota	352	254	72%	18
49	Delaware	312	266	85%	14
50	Alaska	285	205	71%	18
51	Wyoming	190	155	81%	7

Cite as: PSLFCheck, "PSLF employer data report — November 2026", https://pslfcheck.com/data. Search any organization in the PSLF employer search, see top employers, or count your payments in the PSLF calculator.

Disclaimer: Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Education or any loan servicer. Educational information, not financial or legal advice. Results are estimates. Confirm with studentaid.gov or your servicer. Published by PSLFCheck Editorial, AK Digital Marketing LLC.